Why Is Sherlock Holmes English?
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- #Sherlock Holmes
- #Literary Analysis
- #Arthur Conan Doyle
- Sherlock Holmes is generally considered English with some French ancestry, as revealed in 'The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter'.
- Arthur Conan Doyle, being Scottish, made Holmes part-French Englishman; the reasons may include commercial appeal to the majority English readership or family integration into English society.
- Alternative theories suggest Doyle's family background influenced the character's nationality, as his father was exiled to Scotland and Doyle sought to establish the family in English society.